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National Insurance Crime Bureau | March 26, 2020

After detecting an influx of insurance fraud cases tied to the recent COVID-19 outbreak, the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) has created a new page on its website to serve as a resource to inform the public about these scams. The new “NICB COVID-19 Resource Center” hosts the latest information on emerging fraud scams involving the coronavirus. It also has information about what is happening in other states from an insurance fraud perspective. “Catastrophes bring out the ...

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Styra | July 18, 2022

Styra, Inc., the creators and maintainers of Open Policy Agent (OPA) and leader of cloud-native authorization, today announced Styra Run. Designed for application development teams, this new OPA-based authorization service provides enterprise-grade authorization to developers via a simple drop-in API, allowing teams to accelerate time to market, remove ongoing maintenance demands and improve end user experience. Styra Run, using OPA, is the first cloud-hosted application authoriza...

Buckle | February 06, 2020

Buckle believes its rideshare insurance is solving the issue of covering the personal and commercial risk of drivers - something the industry hasn't managed to do profitably yet. Insurtech start-up Buckle has launched what it claims is the world’s first insurance policy that covers the personal and commercial risk of ridesharing drivers. The launch was made in partnership with ride-hailing service Lyft, and will be available to drivers working on the platform in the US state of Georgia...

Traveller | February 28, 2020

Traveller Assist, a provider of medical and security assistance in complex environments, has been appointed claims and assistance provider for a new Defense Base Act (DBA) provided by Chubb. All US government contractors and subcontractors working abroad on military bases are required to carry DBA workers’ compensation insurance to cover illness or injury among their employees. Traveller Assist has provided DBA assistance in the Middle East for the past two years on behalf of two major US ...